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Winner of the 2020 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction for her story "Not the Man I Married" (Black Petals, Issue #93), R.A. Busby has published a number of stories, including "Bits" (Demain Publishing), "Holes" (Kandisha Press), "Cactusland" (34 Orchard) and others. Check out Creepy Podcast for "A Short Happy Life" and Pseudopod Episode 809, "A Pearl Red as Sin." When she's not writing, R.A. Busby is probably out in the wilderness somewhere.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 590 ratings · 256 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	You Will Speak For The Dead 3.86 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graveyard Smash : Women of Horror Anthology, Volume 2 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christy Aldridge (Goodreads Author), Carmen Baca (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corporate Body (My Dark Library #6) by R.A. Busby (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.15 avg rating — 104 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The One That Got Away : Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Sonora Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Southern Witches by J.D. Horn (Goodreads Author), Angela M. Sanders (Goodreads Author), R.A. Busby (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 71 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bleak Midwinter: The Darkest Night by Damon Barret Roe (Editor), Cassandra L. Thompson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robyn Dabney (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Break the Oath: Women of Horror Anthology, Volume 4 by Jill Girardi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Janine Pipe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meghan Arcuri (Foreword) 4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bits 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words Made of Flesh 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diez mil niñas que se arrastran by R.A. Busby (Goodreads Author), Aitana Vega (Goodreads Author) (translator), Cinthya Álvarez (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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